True, but the point I was making is that Sarah or John are not going to get beat up over their names. Sylvanas might. Ofc so might Zelda, but I still think it's better than some video game name that was made up by a video game, and not a socially established name before hand.

Its not completely made up, Sylvia is a name. Its a variation of that. Its like Christy, Christina, Cristi etc etc

Robin Williams named his daughter after Zelda. What do you think of this? Would you ever do it? Name your kid after a video game character? Like name your daughter Sylvanas or Elune? I personally think its an awesome idea.

Zelda is a VERY old name, with both Germanic and Yiddish variants. (The Yiddish version means "Luck.") By contrast names like Sylvanas and Elune (and most other references to the WoW universe) are not that old and they don't have any real-world origins.

Now would I, personally, do it? No. But that's based strictly on personal preference. I'm more likely to name my child after some historical figure. In fact my fathers side of the family has a long tradition of naming children after great leaders.

Honestly if my girl was ok with it I would love to name my daughter after Sylvanas... :P
Most likely as a middle name but possibly a first name, honestly I would hate to have a daughter named "Jill" it would just seem too bland a name...

Originally Posted by Nixx

Yeah, Europe certainly didn't play any sort of role in destroying the stability of Africa. The United States is literally the source of all evil. The United Satans, mirite?

Zelda was a much more popular name 80 years ago, but it's not like it's that unusual now. I'm pretty surprised that some people in this thread weren't aware of that.
On topic: I've thought about naming a future son Michael because of its meaning of savior or protector, which is one of the translations of Go'el. I don't think I have the balls to name a kid Go'el, but I wish I could. Alistair has almost the same meaning and I, like everyone who played DA1, am totally in love with him, but I don't think I could name a kid that either. For awhile, I wanted to name a girl Sylvanas. Then Cata came and Sylvanas turned crazy and dumb, soooo no thanks. I'm going to name my kids something game related though, I'm sure.
Also, I knew a girl in elementary school who was named Trillian after the Hitchhiker's character. Always thought that was awesome.

To quote the great sage Ook Ook, "you can take the derk out of the jib, but you shouldn't put the jib in the derk."

I am curious how many of the people saying that Zelda is an old name watched the clip. He flat out says he named her after the Legend of Zelda.

it doesnt matter. it IS a name that was there before the game. it's no different than saying you named your kid after mario from super mario bros even though the name mario existed long before the game.

Originally Posted by Cattaclysmic

The evidence for leprechauns is immense - do you know how many socks dissappear on the world scale... This means that the chance of leprechauns exists is the same as them not existing - therefore you cannot deny their existence

Robin Williams is one of my favorite actors and I want to be named after my Popa, and have my author names like WAR C, and Zelda is a nice name. Robin's daughter is really sexy I just got to say and I lol'd at this video when they started to laugh.

thank you!.. someone with a brain who actual looked up the origin of the name rather than saying (zelda... video game... girl) but be taken from that

Well, that's why Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda, sure it was a name before the game, but she was named after the game.

Originally Posted by Providence

it doesnt matter. it IS a name that was there before the game. it's no different than saying you named your kid after mario from super mario bros even though the name mario existed long before the game.